Re: [boost] [system] [teeks99] Mass test failures on MSVC-14.0

Subject: Re: [boost] [system] [teeks99] Mass test failures on MSVC-14.0
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-03-07 22:20:54

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 4:30 AM, Andrey Semashev via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 02/28/18 19:42, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>
>> On 02/26/18 23:55, Tom Kent via Boost wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Daniela Engert via Boost <
>>> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 26.02.2018 um 15:52 schrieb Andrey Semashev via Boost:
>>>>
>>>>> On 02/26/18 17:20, Tom Kent wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 'mt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>>>>> operable program or batch file.
>>>>> ...failed msvc.manifest.dll
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think, this problem has been discussed on the list not long ago - `mt`
>>>>> being not found on the system after some MSVC update:
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like MSVC needs to be reinstalled or installed on a separate
>>>>> machine. Will you be able to fix this?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most likely the path to the SDK tools is missing in the setup:
>>>> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64" or
>>>> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86"
>>>>
>>>> Ciao
>>>>    Dani
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hmm, those two paths exist but have very little in them. It looks like
>>> most
>>> of the SDK (including mt.exe) is in 10/bin/10.0.16299.0/[x86|x64]. Any
>>> idea
>>> if that is normal?
>>>
>>
>> FWIW, on my system I have mt.exe and other tools in both 10\bin\x64 and
>> 10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x64. But I probably haven't installed the problematic
>> MSVC update.
>>
>
> Any news about this issue?

Two days ago I gave up trying to solve the problem correctly, and just
copied everything from the specific versioned SDK folders to those two
(kids, don't try this at home!). It seems to have worked, the develop
branch just cycled (previously, both develop and master had ssl connection
problems with github when they tried to run in their normal slots over the
last 24hrs) and looks a lot more green. Master is running now, and should
be up in a few hours.

Tom